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West Bromwich Albion legend Cyrille Regis has died after suffering a heart attack at the age of 59. The sad news has shocked football and prompted an outpouring of tributes.

Regis was a pioneer for black players during his career, which spanned from 1977 to 1966. He is best remembered for his time at West Brom, where he scored 112 goals in 297 games. He formed a famous partnership with Laurie Cunningham and Brendon Batson, who were nicknamed the Three Degrees by manager Ron Atkinson.

A statue of the trio was unveiled outside the Hawthorns in 2014. Regis was awarded an MBE in 2008 and went on to have roles as a coach as well as a football agent.

Regis was still working up until his passing and was a hugely admired and respected figure within the game for tackling racist abuse of the 70s and 80s.

Andy Cole wrote on Twitter: 'Devastated this morning my hero my pioneer the man behind the reason I wanted to play football has passed away, my heart goes out to all his family RIP Cyrille Regis. Mark Bright posted: 'Heavy heart this morning, just heard that Cyrille Regis has passed away age 59. He was more than just a footballer, he blazed a trail for every black player who followed him, an inspiration to myself and many players of my era. A humble man and a great man. #RIPC'

Brian Deane said: 'Hard to believe I'm waking up to hear Cyrille Regis, the man who started the dream for me and many others has died of a heart attack. Genuine honour to have played on the same pitch as him . RIP Big Cyrille Regis.'

Gary Lineker posted: 'Saddened to hear that Cyrille Regis has passed away. A tremendous striker and fine man whose legacy goes beyond the game, helping to pave a way for black footballers in this country. #RIPCyrille'

Alan Shearer said: 'What a man. What a centre-forward! One of my earliest football memories was walking into WBA for a trial as a 13 year old kid, seeing Cyrille Regis and being in awe of him. RIP big man'

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Mitchell Joseph, 32, was playing for St Joseph's FC against rivals Malsters Sports in the Swansea Senior Football league when he fell to the ground  approximately 30 minutes into the first half.

Players from both sets of teams rushed to administer first aid and paramedics were called to the Mynydd Newydd playing fields in Penlan, Swansea.

But tragically Mr Joseph - who was engaged to be married - was later pronounced dead at Morriston Hospital in Swansea.

Patrick Cullen, a St Joseph's FC committee member, said: 'He was a massive part of the club both on and off the pitch. Everyone at the club is devastated.

'Mitchell collapsed on the pitch when no-one was around him. Our goalkeeper Alex Davies performed CPR and Terry Smith, who is in his eighties and has followed the club for years, performed mouth-to-mouth in a bid to resuscitate him. 'There was also a female nurse called Chris who came running over from the rugby pitch to try to help.

'I think without their help we would have lost him on the pitch.

'Mitchell was a very, very popular man. It always surprised me how many different groups of people he knew. 'He was well known by lots of different groups of people around Swansea, and he was very well respected.

'He was a fit, handsome man, and fun-loving - he was always great fun at parties.

'The messages we've had off other teams in Swansea have been incredible and nearly every team has offered to donate money to cover the funeral costs. 

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President Donald Trump has denied he is a racist in response to controversy over his recent remarks. I'm not a racist. I'm the least racist person you have ever interviewed. That I can tell you,' he told reporters in Florida  on Sunday, as he was on his way to dinner with House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy.  

It marks the president's first direct response to accusations of racism that have dogged him since he allegedly asked 'Why are we having all these people from s***hole countries come here?' in an Oval Office meeting about immigration on Thursday.

Trump has denied using that language, however a Democrat senator present at the meeting insists he did. A Republican senator present backed the president. Trump was reportedly speaking about Haitians and citizens of various African nations, and asked why the US doesn't welcome more immigrants from countries like Noway instead.

Trump on Sunday again denied making the statements attributed to him, but didn't get into specifics about what he did or did not say.

'Did you see what various senators in the room said about my comments?' he asked. 'They weren't made.'

The alleged remarks brought down furious condemnation on Trump from Democrats and media talking heads. 

Derrick Johnson, president of the NAACP, told CNN 's Erin Burnett on Friday, 'We know he's a racist, he's demonstrated that... he's a racist both in his actions and his words. Johnson said that the language Trump reportedly used hearkens back to the '50s and '60s, it is the language of a Ross Barnett and a George Wallace.' 

He added that the issue will help to motivate African-American voters in the 2018 mid-term elections. 

Trump repeatedly told voters he is not a racist leading up to his 2016 election. 

The president claimed in a tweet on Friday morning that the widely reported 'sh**hole' comments he is said to have made Thursday were not correct.

'The language used by me at the DACA meeting was tough, but this was not the language used.'

In the press scrum on Sunday, Trump added that he was 'ready, willing and able' to reach a deal to protect immigrants brought to the United States as children

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What is SADS?
In the context of cardiology, the term SADS refers to Sudden Arrhythmia Death Syndrome. However, the media sometimes refers to SADS as ‘Sudden Adult Death Syndrome’; or use SADS for referring to the more general notion of a sudden death of an apparently fit and healthy young person.
In about 1 in every 20 cases of sudden cardiac death and up to 1 in 5 young sudden cardiac deaths, no definite cause of death can be found, even after drugs have been excluded and an expert cardiac pathologist has examined the heart for structural abnormalities. In such cases, the death will be attributed to sudden arrhythmia death syndrome (SADS).

It is thought that cot death – sudden infant death syndrome, or SIDS – may be partly due to the same causes as SADS.

The conditions responsible for SADS cause a cardiac arrest by bringing on a ventricular arrhythmia, even though the person has no disease affecting the structure of the heart.

The cardiac channelopathies / arrhythmia syndromes are a group of relatively rare diseases that affect the electrical functioning of the heart without affecting the heart’s structure. They are often the cause of a SADS death. There are several different types of ion channelopathies, including:  Less frequently, SADS can be caused by other cardiac abnormalities, such as extra electrical pathways or even subtle heart muscle disease (cardiomyopathies). 

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Histoplasmosis is an infection caused by a fungus called Histoplasma. The fungus lives in the environment, particularly in soil that contains large amounts of bird or bat droppings. Endemic areas include central and eastern United States, particularly areas around the Ohio and Mississippi River Valleys, as well as parts of Central and South America, Africa, Asia, and Australia.

Symptoms include:

• Fever
• Cough
• Fatigue
• Chills
• Headache
• Chest pain
• Body aches

Transmission

People can get histoplasmosis after breathing in the microscopic fungal spores from the air. Histoplasmosis can’t spread from the lungs between people or between people and animals. Lab Tests & Specimen Info

Test*	Specimen
Immunodiffusion antibody	Serum
Culture	Blood, Sputum

 Isolation Precautions

Standard precautions are recommended in healthcare settings. 

Prevention for Patients
In areas where Histoplasma is known to live, people who have weakened immune systems should avoid doing activities that are known to be associated with getting histoplasmosis, including:

• Disturbing material (for example, digging in soil or chopping wood) where there are bird or bat droppings
• Cleaning chicken coops
• Exploring caves
• Cleaning, remodeling, or tearing down old buildings

Large amounts of bird or bat droppings should be cleaned up by professional companies that specialize in the removal of hazardous waste.

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Helicobactero pylori is a Gram-negative bacteria that can cause acute or chronic gastritis and has been associated with gastric cancer. Most infections are generally asympotmatic and the bacteria can persist in the stomach for years.

 

Transmission

Transmission is thought to occur by the fecal-oral route or possibly be ingestion of inadequately treated drinking water.

The incubation period is unknown.

Lab Tests & Specimen Info

Test*	Specimen
Culture (culture should be done within 3 hours after specimens are collected)	Gastric material
IgG/IgM Serology	Serum

 Isolation Precautions

Standard precautions are recommended for hospitalized patients.

Prevention for Patients
The source of H. pylori is not known and there are not specific recommendations for prevention.

In general, best practices include proper hand washing, only eating food that has been prepared properly and drinking water from safe clean sources. 

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Call handlers at London's Met Police say they are being threatened with court after they were accidentally overpaid nearly £1 million. Some 500 staff handling emergency 999 calls received £976,574 more than they should have between 2013 and last year. 

Now they are being asked to repay all the money. 

'This has caused astronomic stress, and out job dealing with life and death situations is stressful enough,' a source told The Sunday Mirror. 'I'm being bullied for something that is not my fault.' 

The overpayments occurred after a new computer system was introduced designed to reduce costs. 

Workers said the extra money went unnoticed because wages varied depending on shift patterns. 

They claimed the new system could not calculate correct amounts for part-time workers whose rates changed on weekend and night shifts. One shift worker, who was overpaid £5,000, said they never noticed their overpayments. 

A source, who described the system as 'out of control', claimed several employment tribunals had already taken place — which found in the workers' favour.

Verbal warnings about potential legal action are already understood to have been made by the Met's audit team at Hendon, north-west London. 'I've been threatened with a County Court judgement. It's totally heartless — I'm being punished for a mistake that was not mine.'

A spokesman for the Met Police said: 'We seek to recover all overpayments, normally made over the same period of time they were made. 

'County Court judgements would very much be considered a last resort and only where an individual has repeatedly failed to engage or agree a repayment process.